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#1 2009-05-20 13:23:23
- technoguyx
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The Babelfish Game
As some of you guys know, Babelfish is a [removed] translator, which usually ruins your text D:
Link: http://babelfish.yahoo.com/
This game consists on this: Someone gives out a English phrase, and the next user must translate it using Babelfish ONLY, to the language he specifies. But also he must provide a English translation. Example:
User1 wrote:
"Scratch is awesome". Translate it to Russian.
User2 wrote:
Russian: Скрест внушителен
English: Scratch of [*.
Translate "I bit my tongue" to German.
And then other users follow the chain.
EDIT: New rule to make it funnier. If your translation back to English is the same as the original phrase, it's a "perfect phrase" and the person who translated it gets a point.
EDIT 2: If the person uses only non-existant words (ex: "n00bs sux"), and you manage to get a perfect phrase, you DON'T get a point.
High Scores:
fruit - 1
cheddargirl - 1
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I'll start:
Translate "I use the computer a lot" to French, and back to English.
Last edited by technoguyx (2009-05-21 14:39:59)
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#2 2009-05-20 13:39:21
- SmartIrishKid
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Re: The Babelfish Game
I actually use Babelfish a lot 
Français: J'utilise l'ordinateur beaucoup
English: J' use l' computer much
Translate "I actually use this translator a lot" into Japanese and back.
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#3 2009-05-20 13:43:34
- TheCatAndTheBanana
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Re: The Babelfish Game
私はacullyこのtransulatorをたくさん使用する
and to england:
I use acully this transulator many
transulate 'Hammer Bros. Pwn!' to chinnese (simp) and back
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#4 2009-05-20 15:57:42
- cheddargirl
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Re: The Babelfish Game
Simp. Chinese:锤子Bros。 Pwn!
Back to English: Hammer Bros. Pwn!
Hey, it translated back directly! 
Translate 'Scratch is the greatest thing in the world' to Spanish and back.
Everything is better when you add a little cheddar, because when you have cheese your life is at ease
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#6 2009-05-20 17:43:45
Re: The Babelfish Game
Я полностью соглашаюсь
I completely agree
Not bad.
Translate "Babel Fish makes hilarious translations" to Korean and back.
I'm taking a break from Scratch until 2.0 comes out. Any messages sent between then and now probably won't be read - sorry.
(Oct. 20, 2011)
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#7 2009-05-20 18:02:38
Re: The Babelfish Game
Korean: Babelfish는 들뜬 번역을 만든다
English: Babel Fish makes hilarious translations
I GET A POINT!
Translate "fruit is the best scratcher ever." from English to German and back.
Last edited by fruit (2009-05-20 18:03:02)
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#8 2009-05-20 18:08:54
Re: The Babelfish Game
German-Frucht ist das beste scratcher überhaupt
English-fruit is not the best scratcher at all
Transate-hi to korean and back and see what it says...lol
an fruit the person who said it gets a point....
Last edited by ScratchX (2009-05-20 18:09:42)
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#9 2009-05-20 18:08:59
- georgeharrison
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Re: The Babelfish Game
no i think you should change it to something like this:
User1 wrote:
Translate "Scratch is Awesome" to French
User2 wrote:
L'éraflure est impressionnante
Now translate that to Spanish
User3 wrote:
L' rasguño es impresionante
And you keep translating it a couple times and then translate it back to english to see what it turned out to be.... like this ends up as L' scratch is impressive
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#10 2009-05-20 18:12:24
- georgeharrison
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Re: The Babelfish Game
oh and
ScratchX wrote:
German-Frucht ist das beste scratcher überhaupt
English-fruit is not the best scratcher at all
Transate-hi to korean and back and see what it says...lol
an fruit the person who said it gets a point....
안녕
Goodbye
... FAIL
Translate "George Harrison is the best Beatle, tied with Paul McCartney" to Italian and back
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#11 2009-05-20 18:28:31
Re: The Babelfish Game
Italian: George Harrison è il migliore Beatle, legato con Paul McCartney
English#2: George Harrison is the best Beatle, legacy with Paul McCartney
hahaha.
Translate: "Beethoven died of lead poisoning in the romantic musical period" to Portuguese and back.
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#12 2009-05-20 19:12:46
- georgeharrison
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Re: The Babelfish Game
Portugese: Beethoven morreu do envenenamento de ligação no período musical romântico
English:Beethoven died of the poisoning of linking in the romantic musical period
Translate "Jimi Hendrix died because he choked on his own vomit" to Dutch and back
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#14 2009-05-20 20:33:51
- georgeharrison
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Re: The Babelfish Game
German: Ich esse Fische. Er isst Ameisen. Sie hassen uns.
English: I eat fish. He eats ants. They hate us.
oh so close, except for the "they" instead of "you"
translate "Math is boring" to chinese and back
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#15 2009-05-20 20:37:12
- scratchisthebest
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- Registered: 2009-02-08
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Re: The Babelfish Game
German:Ich esse Fische. Er isst Ameisen. Sie hassen uns.
English:I eat fish. He eats ants. They hate us.
SO CLOSE!!!!!
"Scratch is the BEST and cool, yet it needs features" to Italian and back.
Wait. I did BWOG! How did this occur???
Last edited by scratchisthebest (2009-05-20 20:44:10)
bye 1.4, we all loved you. but we all outgrew the site. 2.0 is a welcome change.
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#16 2009-05-20 23:08:02
- GoogleplexPlus
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Re: The Babelfish Game
English:Scratch is the BEST and cool, yet it needs features.
Italian:La graffiatura è il LA COSA MIGLIORE e si raffredda, tuttavia ha bisogno delle carattenstiche.
Back to english:The scratch is the BETTER THING and it is cooled off, however it has need of the characteristics.
Boy is that weird. Hmmm...
Translate: "I believe the longer the text, the harder it is to translate. To test this theory, I have to ask you to translate this. You know I could be right. For my next experiment, I will ask you to translate just a couple of words." into German and back.
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#17 2009-05-21 03:44:49
- tomgalaxyzoo
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Re: The Babelfish Game
In German: Ich glaube, das länger der Text, ist es zu übersetzen das härter. Um diese Theorie zu prüfen, muss ich Sie bitten dieses zu übersetzen. Sie wissen, dass ich Recht haben könnte. Für mein folgendes Experiment bitte ich Sie, gerade ein paar Wörter zu übersetzen.
In English: I believe, that longer the text, am harder it to translate that. In order to examine this theory, I must ask you this to translate. They know that I could be right. For my following experiment I ask you to translate straight a few words.
Tranlate "Zoo Tycoon 2 is super cool!" into Spanish and back.
<forever> Galaxy Zoo!
woof woof! 
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#18 2009-05-21 09:18:14
Re: The Babelfish Game
Spanish: ¡El magnate 2 del parque zoológico es estupendo se refresca!
English: Tycoon 2 of the zoological park is wonderful refreshes!
Whatever that means
Translate "Pizza and Macaroni" to Italian and back (What if it comes back wrong??? *snickers*)
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#19 2009-05-21 13:09:26
Re: The Babelfish Game
Italian: Pizza e maccheroni
English: Peak and Macaroni
lol
Translate: "This text is translated." To Dutch and back.
ScratchX wrote:
English-fruit is not the best scratcher at all
and fruit the person who said it gets a point....
real funny
and no, it says the person who translated it gets a point.
Last edited by fruit (2009-05-21 13:12:01)
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#20 2009-05-21 13:56:28
- TheCatAndTheBanana
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Re: The Babelfish Game
Deze tekst is vertaald.
This text are translated.
not bad.
Transulate 'i can haz cheezburger or nachos?' to Chineese (Trad) and baxck.
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#21 2009-05-21 14:18:51
- floatingmagictree
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Re: The Babelfish Game
Traditional chinese:我能haz cheezburger或烤乾酪辣味玉米片？
Back to english: I can haz cheezburger or roast the cheese hot corn piece?
Say "floatingmagictree is awesome" into french and then back to english.
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#23 2009-05-21 14:22:02
- TheCatAndTheBanana
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Re: The Babelfish Game
le floatingmagictree est impressionnant
the floatingmagictree is impressive
...
TCATB Pwns to chineese simp and back
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#25 2009-05-21 14:27:28
- TheCatAndTheBanana
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Re: The Babelfish Game
fruit wrote:
TheCatAndTheBanana wrote:
le floatingmagictree est impressionnant
the floatingmagictree is impressive
...
TCATB Pwns to chineese simp and backyou skipped me
spam filter... -.-
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